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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted on Saturday that there would be no “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza unless Hamas’ military and governing capabilities were neutralized. After Biden’s three-part ceasefire speech, Netanyahu issued an initial statement that did not reference Biden’s speech, stating, “The Israeli government is united in the desire to return our hostages as soon as possible and is working to achieve this goal.” Opposition leader Yair Lapid endorsed Biden’s call for a Gaza truce. — The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result on Saturday, setting South Africa on a new political trajectory. With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had garnered just over 40% in the election held on Wednesday, falling well short of the majority it had maintained since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela. The final results are yet to be formally declared. — North Korea launched additional trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign earlier in the week. South Korea’s Defense Ministry did not immediately comment on the number of balloons or how many landed in South Korea. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing anonymous military sources, reported that officials had found about 90 balloons as of Saturday night, which dropped paper, plastic trash, and cigarette butts. — New York City police said on Saturday that they had 34 people in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum. There were reports of damage to some artwork and harassment of security staff by demonstrators. Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum on Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby, and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the building’s roof before police intervened and made arrests. — An Idaho jury sentenced Chad Daybell, the man convicted this week for the 2019 murders of his first wife and second wife’s two children, to death. 55-year-old Daybell was charged with murder and conspiracy in the deaths of the two children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as his former wife of nearly 30 years, Tamara “Tammy” Daybell, 49, with whom he had five children. She died in their home on October 19th, 2019, with the cause of death determined to be asphyxiation, according to investigators. — The National Transportation Safety Board stated that an inactive but still pressurized gas line was cut six minutes before a devastating explosion rocked downtown Youngstown, Ohio. The blast occurred near Central Square last Tuesday afternoon and impacted a building that contains a Chase bank and apartments. One person was killed, and seven others were injured in the explosion, officials said. The explosion occurred approximately six minutes after workers made two initial cuts into piping along the basement wall, Chapman said. — Police officials in Lakeland, Florida, are reviewing an incident in which officers punched and tased a black teenager after he allegedly trespassed at an apartment complex pool. The officer claims in the report that after making physical contact with the teen to bring him into custody, the teen struck the officer in the face with a closed fist. In cell phone video of the incident, two officers can be seen punching, pulling the hair of, and tasing the teen before he submits to being handcuffed. — The stock price of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social experienced turbulent swings in the aftermath of his conviction. In the immediate aftermath of the verdict, the stock price of Truth Social plummeted roughly 15% to a price of about $47. The stock recovered in after-hours trading, however, rallying above its pre-verdict level to about $52. —

Will this trial verdict benefit Donald Trump? Trump’s campaign claims record-breaking grassroots donations immediately came in after the verdict. After the New York Trump Hush Money Trial, a lot was unpacked with public feedback, news stories, mega donations, cheering, anger and more. This wrap-up video condenses the day after the verdict with the sights and sounds of highlights of this history making event. This verdict may have unleashed the giant that the Trump campaign and the Republican party have been looking for.

Right wing voices like Tucker Carlson and Patrick Bet-David continue to push the narrative that President Joe Biden had a plan to assassinate Donald Trump. They continue this lie when they know what the truth is. Radical right media is still rotating this bonkers story that Joe Biden tried to kill Donald Trump during the classified documents search warrant.

Analysis of images of shrapnel gathered at the scene of an Israeli strike in Rafah on Sunday revealed evidence of a bomb that was manufactured in the United States, known as the GBU-39. Numerous Palestinians lost their lives in the strike and subsequent fires. “I instantly recognized the housing as a GBU,” Trevor Ball, who served as an ordnance disposal technician, or bomb diffuser, for the U.S. Army for five years, told CBS News. “I’ve encountered many of them in this conflict. — Federal authorities took down one of the world’s largest malicious botnets, which facilitated tens of thousands of fraudulent transactions that resulted in billions of dollars in losses for victims. Law enforcement also arrested the botnet’s administrator, YunHe Wang, a Chinese national. He stands accused of orchestrating an international scheme to deploy malware and covertly sell access to the infected computers’ IP addresses. Wang is charged with leading an operation — known as the 911 S5 Botnet — that compromised 19 million IP addresses in over 190 countries. — Justice Samuel Alito is firmly rejecting calls for him to recuse himself from two cases before the Supreme Court involving former President Donald Trump due to two flags that were flown outside his homes. In letters sent on Wednesday to House and Senate Democrats, Alito stated that he had no involvement in the flying of the flags, and that nothing about the incidents warranted recusal under the Supreme Court’s code of conduct. Furthermore, he says, neither he nor his wife were aware of the meanings that are now being ascribed to the flags. — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan managed to survive the contentious primary runoff for his seat, while fellow conservative state Representative Justin Holland lost his suburban Dallas seat to Trump 2016 spokeswoman Katrina Pierson. Despite the Republicans’ 84 to 66 majority in the state House of Representatives and successful conservative agenda from the 2023 legislative session, 15 House Republicans were defeated by challengers either in primaries in March or in the runoffs on Tuesday night. The Republicans were casualties of their own intra-party conflict. — Nearly two decades after the introduction of the first HPV vaccine, mounting evidence demonstrates that individuals who received the vaccination are significantly less likely to develop HPV-related cancers in adulthood. HPV is a common viral infection that causes an estimated 690,000 cases of cancer every year across the globe, according to researchers from the World Health Organization. The virus infects specific tissues, predisposing patients to develop cancers – including cervical, anal, and head and neck cancer. — A new law in Louisiana will make it a criminal offense to knowingly approach within 25 feet of a police officer while they are “engaged in law enforcement duties.” Opponents of the legislation, which Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Tuesday, fear the measure could impede the public’s ability to film officers, which has increasingly been used to hold police accountable — including in high-profile cases, such as the killing of George Floyd. — A suspect has been taken into custody following reports of a shooting at a Kroger grocery store just outside of Cincinnati, according to police. Police initially said one person had been shot, but later stated that it was unclear if anyone had been struck by gunfire. Colerain police said two individuals had been transported to a nearby hospital. The investigation is ongoing, police said, urging the public to avoid the area. — A massive volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkur crater in Iceland on Wednesday propelled lava over 160 feet into the air, officials announced. The crater is located on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, where authorities evacuated the seaside town of Grindavík, including the country’s biggest tourist attraction, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. This marks the fifth and most powerful eruption in the region since December.

Trouble In Paradise? Why Melania Is Never With Trump. Melania Trump’s absence from her husband’s side during his recent legal proceedings has been conspicuous. The former first lady has not attended any of Donald Trump’s rallies since the trial began, nor has she joined him for other public appearances. When questioned about whether she plans to accompany him in the final days of the trial, the Trump campaign spokesperson did not provide a response. Sources close to the situation indicate that Mrs. Trump’s lack of involvement and public commentary on the allegations central to the hush money case is unsurprising. Many have stated that there are ongoing tensions in the relationship, and that Melania Trump has made it clear she wants to distance herself from this particular legal matter. Media has reported; Melania has been trapped in a soul-shredding time warp since 2016, when her husband won the presidency and she burst into tears. This was not a waterworks of joy. Melania was crestfallen by the prospect of moving to Washington. She did not marry Donald for his politics. She did it for his money. This was a marriage of convenience with a promise of extravagance. Melania wanted to be a lady who lunches — not the first lady. Melania and Donald are both high on transactional disloyalty. They are the same. If she thought there was any personal upside in defending her husband as he stares down legal jeopardy on multiple fronts, she’d be holding daily press conferences. By them never being together clearly shows that he’s out for himself and she is out for herself.